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The pandocheion and the Dioskourion at Pherae

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• Χρυσοστόμου, Παύλος

The Pandocheion and the Dioskourion at Pherae have been recorded by Demosthenes (Peri Parapresbeias, XXX, 158).The so-called Peace-Treaty of Philocrates was signed in the Pandocheion, which was founded before the Dioskourion. This event was also recorded by Theodoritus in the 5th century A.D. (Therapeutica, VIII), although by confusion this author places the Pandocheion in Athens.Polyaenus (Strategemata, VI, 1, 3) referring to one of the sophismata of Jason,tyrant of Pherae, mentions the Theoxenia of the Dioskouroi at Pherae.The cult of the Dioskouroi at Pherae is attested by three inscribed votive stelae, now housed in the Almyros and Volos Museums. One of them was found at Magoula Agro- kepiou, 1.5 km. NE of Velestino, while the origin of the other two is unknown.This led to a survey of the area around Magoula Agrokepiou and to the discovery, some 150 m. to the SE, of three piles of stone — constructive material, parts of unfluted columns, etc. Judging from the scattered plain and black-burnished pottery, these finds are dating from the Classical and Hellenistic periods.The location of the Pandocheion in this area seems quite probable. Moreover, thesize of the building, as well as its position on the main road connecting Larisa and Pa- gasae, could be considered adequate reasons for the choice of the Pandocheion as the place for signing the Peace-Treaty (346 B.C.).

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία
• Ιστορία, Αρχαία

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